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- MSHRINK(1) FNORDADEL BBS SOFTWARE MSHRINK(1)
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- NAME
- mshrink.tos - shrink the the Fnordadel message file
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- SYNOPSIS
- mshrink [pathname]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Mshrink will determine the point (in kilobytes) in your mes-
- sage file, ctdlmsg.sys, at which the next message will be
- saved. The program will give you the option of reducing the
- size of the ctdlmsg.sys to that point. If you answer "yes",
- it will cut the message base, prompt you to change your
- ctdlcnfg.sys file as required, and to run configur.tos. If
- you do not do these two things, the fleas of a thousand
- camels will infest your storage devices. I.e., it will be a
- Bad Thing(tm).
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- Mshrink expects to be run from the directory containing your
- ctdltabl.sys file.
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- OPTIONS
- [pathname]
- The full pathname of a directory in which to create the
- temporary message file during compaction. See NOTES.
- Examples: "c:\tmp", "a:\", "e:\foo\bar\baz"
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- NOTES
- Due to the way all Citadels organise their messages, it is
- not feasible to shrink the message base to any arbitrary
- size. Thus if you desire some particular size, you will
- need to run this program regularly and wait until the
- current message pointer gets close to the size you want.
- Then give mshrink free rein to do its worst.
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- During the shrinkage, mshrink will create a temporary file
- of the new, smaller size. You must, therefore, have enough
- room on your drive(s) to hold both the old and* new message
- files during the compaction process. If you don't have
- room, as you might not if you run on floppy drive(s), you
- may use the optional command line parameter to specify the
- full pathname of a directory in which to put the temporary
- file (e.g. another floppy drive or a RAM disk).
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- BACKUP your system! If you run this program without first
- backing up your system, the Imp of the Perverse may well
- murder your system and dance on its grave, singing "Hallelu-
- jah!" And it won't be our fault.
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- When mshrink gives your message file the chop, you will lose
- old messages on the system which inhabited the region of the
- file that was purged.
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- FILES
- mshrink.tos The message file compactor.
- #msgdir\ctdlmsg.sys The message file.
- ctdlcnfg.sys The configuration file.
- ctdltabl.sys The system tables file.
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- SEE ALSO
- The Fnordadel Reference Manual
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- AUTHORS
- Written by Adrian Ashley and Royce Howland for the Fnordadel
- project.
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